Personally I would not buy a Core 2 Duo Processor for such an expensive price. You could have bought a base level Imac i3 for less and had a more powerful computer. Maybe though the OP likes the screen size and computer power is not that important.

At the end of the day though, if the thread starter is happy that's all that matters

Personally I would not buy a Core 2 Duo Processor for such an expensive price. You could have bought a base level Imac i3 for less and had a more powerful computer. Maybe though the OP likes the screen size and computer power is not that important.

At the end of the day though, if the thread starter is happy that's all that matters

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This cost me $1269...how much would an i3 or i5 have been?

The 27" screen was a must as I am coming from a 23" Cinema Display and one of the main reasons for changing the computer was to get a screen with higher resolution (23" was 1900x1200 I believe). Performance wise it's fantastic, it feels very fast, I can't imagine faster. Honestly though my old setup (PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0 w/ 5.5GB RAM) was ok, a bit slow sometimes but I could have lived with it...the GeekBench score was ~1700. The new iMac blows it away scoring 4300.

It works pretty well though I did notice that it actually slows down the iMac itself, at least graphics wise. With Air Display on, when I activate Expose for example, there is an ever so slight hesitation but it is noticeable. Shutting off Air Display makes Expose virtually instant.

I don't know if I will use it all that much, it's kind of cool to have but with 2560x1440 pixels on the iMac I think I may have enough space.

Personally I would not buy a Core 2 Duo Processor for such an expensive price. You could have bought a base level Imac i3 for less and had a more powerful computer. Maybe though the OP likes the screen size and computer power is not that important.

At the end of the day though, if the thread starter is happy that's all that matters

Keyboard is Logitech diNovo Mac Edition and mouse is Logitech MX1100. I love the mouse because of all the customizable buttons, it has 11 buttons you can program. I have it setup to see Spaces, Expose and Desktop all from the mouse, makes it great for work.

I was hoping logitech came out with an updated dinovo for mac that combined the advantages of the latest and the oldest one, and be a bit more inspired than the latest one. That would be bitchin'. MX1100 is the most comfortable mouse I've ever used (shortly though), i own the MX1000 myself. They're fairly similiar, so I don't need to spend the extra $$.

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